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Recent Examples of smoke screen
Any dignified motivations that had once held sway—making art for art’s sake, acting to minimize suffering—became smoke screens to distract others from my selfishness.
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Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Moscow’s troops have also deployed old-age techniques like smoke screens, anti-drone cages, and more to keep their tanks safe.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 25 June 2024
The celebrated institutions of democracy and transparency appeared to them as nothing more than smoke screens.
—Susanna Wing, Foreign Affairs, 11 Apr. 2012
Understanding money will give us a sword to pierce through the smoke screen, a vehicle to reach the bottom of the rabbit hole, a lens to appreciate the economic reality of transactions, and a compass to guide choices and decision-making in healthcare and in general.
—Ge Bai, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
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Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Moscow’s troops have also deployed old-age techniques like smoke screens, anti-drone cages, and more to keep their tanks safe.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 25 June 2024
The celebrated institutions of democracy and transparency appeared to them as nothing more than smoke screens.
—Susanna Wing, Foreign Affairs, 11 Apr. 2012
Understanding money will give us a sword to pierce through the smoke screen, a vehicle to reach the bottom of the rabbit hole, a lens to appreciate the economic reality of transactions, and a compass to guide choices and decision-making in healthcare and in general.
—Ge Bai, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smoke screen
Noun
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Why is the back of my cycling jersey longer than the front?—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2025
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As for the dire wolf, Lamm told me that the decision to put it at the front of the line was not because the company was impatient with its difficult marquee projects.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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While components like the tech pods and interior front blind appear to be specially developed for the one-off Dream Pod concept, the main camping equipment is readily available for CR-V owners who want to make their own micro-camper.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
11 Apr. 2025
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Shut your blinds or get blackout curtains to keep light out, and use a white noise machine to drown out outside noise.—
Carley Millhone,
Health,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Minnesota Supreme Court has banned Woodbury attorney Kristi McNeilly from practicing law in the state, three years after she was convicted of theft by swindle for stealing $15,000 from a man who hired her to defend him in a drug case.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
2 Apr. 2025
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And last year's $30 million in romance swindles was up from 2023's $24.4 million.—
Alex Fitzpatrick,
Axios,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Dwight Gooden, who was the rookie of the year in 1984, thought the hoax was real at first.—
New York Daily News,
New York Daily News,
29 Mar. 2025
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In reality, the book and the article were the twin prongs of an elaborate hoax — but an important and influential one, Tinline explains in this entertaining history, with reverberations that have lasted into the present era of QAnon and Deep State conspiracy theories.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The panel also agreed Way acted with malice, oppression or fraud, and awarded her another $250,000 in punitive damages.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2025
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President Donald Trump and Department of Government Efficiency head Elon Musk have both alleged widespread fraud within the SSA.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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No, his duplicity and shilling were on full display before, during and after his first term.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
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No, his duplicity and shilling were on full display before, during and after his first term.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Jane was a devout Protestant at a time of religious upheaval, the ultimate innocent victim of the chicanery of the Tudor court in the chaotic aftermath of Henry VIII’s reign.—
Pan Pylas,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2025
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The more processes and services a security tool contains, the more opportunities for such chicanery.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This is a desperate attempt to do an end run around the French people.—
The Editors,
National Review,
4 Apr. 2025
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Another way to do an end run around sodium is to get your crunch from veggies, which get extra points for also providing heart-healthy potassium.—
Michael Merschel/ American Heart Association News,
Boston Herald,
9 Feb. 2025
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“Smoke screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoke%20screen. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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